Tag Archives: 2018 book reviews

Thoughts: Lady Into Fox, by David Garnett

Posted on 22 March 2018 by Dove

I picked this one up because I read a review of a ballet production of it, and thought it sounded exactly like the sort of thing I’d wish I’d written. Is it? I’m not sure. It’s very of its time. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Call Me By Your Name, by André Aciman

Posted on 20 March 2018 by Dove

After seeing the film I bumped this one right up the list, and I’m glad I did. With the film so fresh in my mind, I felt like I really got to see a bigger picture than I would have … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Golden Hill, by Francis Spufford

Posted on 15 March 2018 by Dove

Oh, this was fun. I put this on my list purely on the basis of a Guardian review of it, and it delivered in spades. This is going to be a hard one to review because it was just so … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Truth and Duty: the Press, the President and the Privilege of Power, by Mary Mapes

Posted on 11 March 2018 by Dove

Finally back here, whew. Busy weekend doing exceedingly badly in the German iai nationals. Don’t worry; there’s always next year. Anyway, it’s time to talk about a very frustrating book that was quite a competent film. More below.

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Thoughts: The Girl With All The Gifts, by M. R. Carey

Posted on 8 March 2018 by Dove

Tl;dr, it is very good. It made waves in 2014 for a reason. Bonus tip: the film is also very good! Seeing it is the reason I put the book on my list, and I’ve been looking forward to it … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Posted on 4 March 2018 by Dove

In the normal order of things, it would take me about three years to get around to this, after Ursula K. Le Guin left us in January, but I bumped her up to the top of the list because a) … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro

Posted on 3 March 2018 by Dove

I know, I keep doing this. Wasting your precious time to grab you by the shoulders and say, “You know that book that has been critically acclaimed for years, that has been made into a film which by all accounts … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

Posted on 1 March 2018 by Dove

This is sort of cheating, because I’d read it before, a long time ago, but hey, I didn’t tell anyone what I thought of it, so it still counts!

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Thoughts: The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel

Posted on 28 February 2018 by Dove

Long time no see… I didn’t mean for my break to go on this long! I was powering through to the end of a round of edits on a story, and then I sort of needed a break from all … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Promise of Shadows, by Justina Ireland

Posted on 14 January 2018 by Dove

This book found its way onto my TBR list because a friend found it on Goodreads and the summary sounded like amazing, silly fun to fill the impending Kitty Norville-shaped hole in my life. I want to say it sounded … Continue reading →

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